Wayne GraysonWayne Grayson is the former Executive Video Producer for Randall-Reilly; in previous positions, he served as the Executive Editor and Online Editor for Equipment World.Construction EquipmentToro’s new MB TX 2500 Mud Buggy is a versatile, easy to drive tracked site dumperAt the ICUEE 2017 show last week in Louisville, Kentucky, Toro launched a powerful new site dumper designed to traverse a wide range of jobsite terrain. In the past Toro has only offered a wheeled model of its stand-on site dumpers, lovingly called Mud Buggies. The new MB TX 2500 is a tracked model […]October 9, 2017WorkforceConstruction adds 8,000 jobs in SeptemberThe construction industry added 8,000 jobs during September bringing total industry employment to 6.911 million Americans, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. The September jobs report also brought a revision to the August jobs total. August employment was revised downward from the previously reported 6.918 million jobs to 6.903 million. The change brings what was […]October 6, 2017Construction EquipmentPHOTOS: The heavy equipment, dirt and demos of ICUEE 2017The Equipment World team has spent the last few days walking the lots and exhibit halls of ICUEE 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. Known as “the demo show,” ICUEE offers a lot of chances to get behind the controls of some of the latest machines on the market. Below is a collection of photos of all […]October 5, 2017Construction EquipmentToro unveils the DD2226, its first in-house designed HDDToro kicked off ICUEE 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday with the debut of a brand new horizontal directional drill—the company’s first designed by Toro engineers. After five years of re-branding and making “tweaks,” as marketing director Neil Borenstein called them, to the Astec Underground HDDs Toro acquired back in 2012, the DD2226 represents the […]October 4, 2017VocationalBrandFX now offers all-composite truck bodies with introduction of UltimateFX understructureSince the 1980s BrandFX has built lightweight truck bodies from a fiberglass-based composite the company says “compares favorably with that of heavier steel bodies, and far exceeds that of aluminum.” The company’s latest EverLast bodies are no exception, offering fuel savings over the course of five years of $275,580 over a steel body. But after […]October 4, 2017DealersEquipment Roundup: Cat autonomous fleet grows; Mack unveils Anthem; Komatsu D375A-8; International unveils HV Series; Atlas Copco redesigns QAS generatorsRedesigned Atlas Copco QAS generators smaller, more efficient Atlas Copco’s eight-model lineup of QAS generators has undergone an overhaul to make them easier to transport, operate and maintain, the company says. Read More Mack unveils Anthem, a brand new on-highway tractor Mack Trucks on Wednesday upped its ante in the company’s on-highway business with […]October 4, 2017DealersBusiness Roundup: IEDA issues used equipment price guide; KM adds Southeastern Equipment; Deutz opens Chicago Service Center; Macaskill joins Ritchie Bros. FinancialSoutheastern Equipment to offer KM road maintenance products KM International has added Southeastern Equipment Co. to its dealer network to expand into northern Indiana. Southeastern will sell and rent KM’s full line of road maintenance products, which include asphalt recyclers, hotbox reclaimers and crack sealers. The company’s infrared asphalt recyclers will also be carried by […]October 4, 2017VocationalChevy’s Navistar-built work trucks will be SilveradosDuring an event at the State Fair of Texas, General Motors announced that the Chevy-branded medium duty work trucks it has been developing in partnership with Navistar will be called the Silverado 4500 and Silverado 5500. The trucks, announced in October 2015 and set to launch in late 2018, represent a long-awaited return to the […]October 3, 2017DealersHow does the No. 1 rental firm dispose of its equipment?This is Part 5 of a five-part series on used equipment. Click here to see the other parts of the series. Click here to download the full version of the Used Equipment Report. United Rentals is the definition of a large fleet: The company rents out about 3,200 classes of heavy equipment with a total […]October 3, 2017HomeConstruction spending up 0.4% in AugustU.S. construction spending increased 0.5 percent from July to $1.218 trillion and is up 2.5 percent over the August 2016 total. Total nonresidential spending rose 0.5 percent in August to $692 billion but remains down 3.4 percent from the year-ago total. Top percentage increases were public safety, up 5.7 percent to $8.3 billion; educational, up […]October 3, 2017Previous PagePage 95 of 434Next PageTop StoriesExcavatorsBig Year for Excavators with Lots of New Models – Buyer’s Guide 2025The latest in excavators from Bobcat, Case, Caterpillar, Develon, Hitachi, Hyundai, JCB, John Deere, KOBELCO, Komatsu, Link-Belt, Volvo and more.Compact equipmentCan-Am Redesigns 2026 Defender UTV: More Power, Smarter Tech, Added ComfortPickups2026 GMC Sierra 1500 Revealed: Choice of 8 Trims, 4 EnginesCompact Track LoadersCloser Look: Takeuchi's First EH-Controlled Compact Track LoaderMarket PulseQuick Data: Top-Selling Mini Excavators in 2024-2025
